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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, January . 28, 194.4

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Statement on Relationship of The Jewish
Welfare Federation to The Jewish News

This statement is published in Compliance with action taken by the Board
of Governors of Federation, at is meeting on Nov. 3, 1943

For a long time Federation had con-
sidered the advisability of establishing a
house organ to keep contributors inform-
ed of the work of the Federation agencies
and of aeneral developments in Jewish
life at home and abroad. With this pur-
pose in mind, all pledges to the 1942 Allied
Jewish Campaign included a provision
that 50 cents of every subscription might
be used to pay .for publication and mail-
ing costs for a Federation News organ to
be mailed at. regular intervals. It was felt
that such a venture would prove effective
in developing a better public understand-
ing of Jewish problems; intensify interest
in the programs of our beneficiary agencies
and services; encourage more adequate
giving and, at the same time, effect econo-
mies in overhead for publicity, mailing
and postage. With the suspension of the
Allied Jewish Campaign, this became more
necessary.
In the meantime, and entirely independ-
ent of this planning for a continuing, all-
year-round publication, a group of citizens
lent their sponsorship and support to The
Detroit Jewish News, a new weekly pub-
licatibn, created for the purpose of reach-
ing a larger Jewish reading public, as a
news medium to be conducted along ac-
ceptable business lines and responsive to
comMunal. needs.
After investigating this new develop-
ment, the _executive committee of the
Jewish Welfare Federation came to the
conclusion that it would be inadvisable
for Federation to establish a new com-
munity news organ, and that for the gen-
eral good and for the specific benefits
which might accrue to it, the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation should use The Jewish
News as its medium of community publi-
city, rather than to undertake the publica-
tion of an independent house organ.
The Federation executive committee
therefore recommended, at its meeting of
June 26, 1942, and the Federation board of
governors, at .its meeting of June 29, 1942,
approved the .following plan:

1. Federation should utilize The
Jewish News as its special community
news organ.
2. The 59 cents subscribed by each
Allied Jewish Campaign contributor
Should be .turned over to The Jewish
News for every contributor who is to
receive • The Jewish News by virtue of
this subscription.
3. The Jewish News should publish,
v,rithout charge, such news and mes-
sages, or ads, for the Jewish Welfare
Federation and affiliated agencies, as
may be requested by the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation.
4. The Jewish News for one year
beginning June 1, 1942, should forward
to Federation subscribers copies of the
Jewish News at least once a month or
more often, as requested by Federa-
tion.
5. That of the aggregate sum paid to
Jewish News as set forth in item 2,
there be refunded to the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation such a sum as may be
equal to the net profit for the year be-
ginning June 1, 1942.

In accordance with this last provision
the net amount paid by Federation to The
Jewish News for the fiscal year June
1, 1942, to May 31, 1943, amounted to $6,-
483.52, although an appropriation of $8,-
000 had been originally set aside for this
purpose.
During the year Federation appointed
a special committee consisting of Irving
W. Blumberg, Dr. B. Benedict Glazer and
the late Judge Harry B. Keidan, to re-
view the advisability of continuing. the
Federation relationship to The Jewish
News, and to make recommendations for
continuance or termination of Federation
support of The Jewish News for the cur-
rent fiscal :year. After an extended study
of the subject, the committee reached the

following conclusions and made the fol-
lowing recommendations to the Jewish
Welfare Federation board of governors,
under date of July 1, 1943:
1. There is a real need in the community
for an Anglo-Jewish publication which
conforms to a sound editorial policy, res-
ponsive to community needs and to the
viewpoints and interests of the various
elements in the community.
2. Federation, as the central communal
planning and coordinating welfare agency,

has an inherent interest in keeping the
Jewish community . informed on all de-

velopments—at home and abroad—which
relate to the Jewish community. Federa-
tion should have a medium for the dis-
semination of information relating speci-
fically to its activities and those of its
agencies and services, so as to keep the
public informed of how the community
discharges its social welfare obligations.
As part of the fund-raising machinery of
the community, whether throUgh an in-
dependent Allied Jewish Campaign, or as
part of the War Chest, there is a definite
need for acquainting the community with
the needs which have to be met.
3. Federation is justified in providing
limited financial support to The Jewish
News because:

(a) By making available such fin-
ancial support, Federation lends stabil-
ity to The Jewish News, which reflects
itself in editorial and business policy;
(b) By utilizing The Jewish News as
a publicity and educational medium
Federation has been able to effect con-
siderable savings in educational and
campaign publicity costs.
4. The committee recommends:
(a) That the Federation grant to The
Jewish News for the current fiscal
year—June 1, 1943 to May 31, 1944—
should be in an amount which would
cover the actual expenses involved in
the publication and distribution of the
Federation number of The Jewish
News, plus any other expenses incident
to the printing of any special Federa-
tion material.
(b) That standing committees should
be appointed by Federation to deal with
the editorial and business policies of
The Jewish News and, from time to
time to appraise the value of the paper
to the community and Federation.
(c) That prior to considering an al-
location for the fiscal year beginning
June 1, 1944, these committees should
present their findings and recom-
mendations to Federation for its guid-
ance and action.

After considering this report, the board
of governors of Federation, at its meet-
ing of Nov. 3, 1943, voted to allocate $5,-
450 for the Jewish Press Service to meet
actual expenses of the Federation issue
of The Jewish News during the fiscal year
beginning June 1, 1943, at the rate of 40
cents for every contributor who is to re-
ceive the Federation Issue of The Jewish
News, and ordered that a special notice
be published in an early issue of The
Jewish News to enlighten contributors on
the relationship between Federation and
The Jewish News.
In accordance with the recommenda-
tions of the special committee, Federation
has appointed an editorial policy commit-
tee consisting of Dr. B. Benedict Glazer,
chairman; Edward Kahn and Prof. Samuel
M. Levin, and a business policy commit-
tee consisting of Irving W. Blumberg,
chairman; Louis Bass and Max Osnos.
These committees are keeping in close
touch with the developments in The Jew-
ish News and would welcome comments
and suggestions from Federation contri-
butors.
JEWISH WELFARE
FEDERATION,
Abraham Srere, President.
January 19, 1944.

Navigator's Experience

Pilots Wounded in Raid,
Detroiter Takes Control

How he, a navigator, was forced to• pilot a Flying Fortress back
to England after a raid on the German industrial center in the
Ruhr Valley, was told this week by Capt. Harold L. Stralser, 23,
who returned this week to await-
assignment to an army airfield at ser to take over. "I climbed into
Santa Monica, Calif. •
his seat, but I didn't know what
Capt. Stralser, whose family to do," he said.
"We made the bombing run and
resides at 15370 Appoline, who
his
enlisted in the Army Air Force the bombardier dropped
bombs on the target. To make
two years ago, went overseas only
things worse, our ship was lead-
last May, has been on 25 bomb- ing the formation. I . kept flying
ing missions over German-occu- to shake loose and go home, but
pied territory.
the formation stuck to me.
He has been very lucky indeed.
"After we reached our field in
He and his crew have had six England, I didn't know. how to'
different Fortresses vir t u ally make a landing. In the first try,
blown to bits by enemy planes I came along the runway side,
and ack ack fire. In the Ruhr ways. Ambulances were chasing :
raid last November, Capt. Stral- us all over the field. The co-pilot.
ser's "Romance 2" survived heavy became conscious and took over."
fire, a burst of flak destroying
In a. raid over St. Nazaire,
the instrument panel and caught France, Capt. Stralser said, "our
the pilot in the abdomen, and ship came home with 476 holes."
knocked out the co-pilot.
His crew is credited with 11 ene-
With the Fortress in a steep my planes, one shot down by the
dive and no one at the controls, captain who "just took a shot at
the pilot called on Capt. Stral- it and it exploded." •

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